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Monday, October 04, 2010

RIM India: Dammed if they do and dammed if they don't

We all thought that RIM had done a deal with the Indian government so it could retain its highly lucrative Indian market. We now learn that the problem is back and RIM continue to be involved in a no win situation.

According to the Economic Times site the Indian government has apparently been unable to intercept BlackBerry service communications and was the issue that brought it close to closure in India back in August. In August the Indian Department of Telecommunications gave RIM until the end of October to satisfy its demands to provide access to encrypted services the Indian government required to combat terrorist attacks and other criminal activities.

RIM remains optimistic of a positive outcome but if one isn’t found then RIM could face a critical dilemma where on one hand they could bleed customers or on the other they bleed India and one of its fastest-growing markets. So its dammed if you do and dammed if you don’t RIM.

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Before entering publishing I worked for many years as a Senior Executive in blue chip organisations in the retail, oil and automotive sectors. My publishing induction was initially as Director of Strategic Development at VISTA. There I was responsible for, and a contributor to, their highly acclaimed ‘Publishing in the 21st Century’ research series, the primary creator behind publishing services PubEasy and ‘batch.co.uk’, the initiator of the development of new Front Office systems to support publishers. In 2006 I joined Value Chain International(VCIL) initially as VP Marketing, Media and Publishing before becoming their President in 2009. In July 2011 the company's operations were acquired by Syncordia. I hold two non executive positions with publishing industry players Bibliophile Ltd and Haven Group and currently setting up Read Petite a service focused on providing digital short form material online via subscription.
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